Pay-Roll Scam: Finance Minister Vows To Rid Public Service Of Fraudulent Persons
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA - Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has vowed that the Federal Government through her ministry and the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) will intensify…
Establish Production Plants In Nigeria To Address Trade Imbalance – Dogara Tells China
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has challenged the Peoples Republic of China to help Nigeria develop its market by bringing more…
TACT Holds 1st Nigerian Satire Festival In Abuja
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA - The Arts and Civics Table Organisation (TACT) is to hold the first ever Nigerian Satire Festival as part of its commitment to promote meaningful and…
Parties Doubt PLASIEC’s Readiness For LG Polls
BY CHAMBERLAIN ODEY, JOS - Doubts by some political parties and critical stakeholders in Plateau State have continued to trail preparations by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) to conduct…
NUJ Tasks FG On Journalists’ Safety
BY EDMOND ODOK, ABUJA - The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has challenged the Federal Government to give adequate protection to journalists in the discharge of their professional duties. According…
$350m Loan: Gov el-Rufai’s Vain Quest
BY MUSA SIMON REEF - Kaduna State Government, under Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, is presently engulfed in a loan request controversy of $350 million (about N122.5 billion) from the World…
Uncertainties Over Ekwueme’s Failing Health
There are mounting fears over the deteriorating health of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, with reports that he is under intensive medical care after collapsing at his Enugu…
AfDB Endorses Nigeria’s Economic Growth Efforts
BY COBHAM NSA, ABUJA - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has thrown its weight behind Nigeria’s efforts at economic recovery even as it debunked reports that loans to the country…
SEC Arraigns Man Over Capital Market Scam
BY CHINYERE OBIORA, LAGOS - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s zero tolerance stance on market infractions and fraud got a huge boost on Tuesday when one Oyekun Akinsemoyin was arraigned before…
For The Records: Buhari Addresses APC NEC
Protocols May I warmly welcome everybody to this important meeting of our party’s executive body. Let me on a personal note thank you all for your prayers and good wishes,…
